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New Guide to Help Implement September 6 Class Schedule Changes
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Young men and young women attend a Sunday school class of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at a meetinghouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released an implementation guide to help members and leaders prepare for the changes to the Sunday class meeting schedule that begin on September 6, 2026.
The changes that the First Presidency announced on March 30, 2026, include weekly 25-minute Sunday School, Relief Society, elders quorum, Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood quorum meetings and youth lessons. Also announced was a youth curriculum based on an updated “For the Strength of Youth: A Guide for Making Choices.”
According to the guide, “This is more than a schedule change; it is an invitation to joyful, Christ-centered worship—renewing our home-centered, Church-supported pattern and strengthening covenant belonging.”
Implementation guide
Instructions for implementing the new Sunday class schedule on September 6 are found in a newly released implementation guide. Videos will be available in August at Sunday.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.© 2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
View or download a PDF of the implementation guide now.
First Week of August
In addition to the implementation guide, instructional videos and other resources will be available during the first week of August on sunday.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Languages
The guide is available in Cebuano, Chinese—Simplified, Chinese—Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (European), Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tongan and Ukrainian.
For other languages, follow the instructions found in the guide and the notice sent to local Church leaders on June 25, 2025.
Sunday, August 30
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Latter-day Saint young men attend class in Peru.2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
On Sunday, August 30, youth (including Primary children who will turn 12 in 2027), their parents and youth leaders will discuss section 3 of the implementation guide and learn more about the new curriculum and how to use the “For the Strength of Youth Guide” and magazine. (Families and youth leaders can subscribe to the print version of the “For the Strength of Youth” magazine at magazines.ChurchofJesusChrist.org or access it in Gospel Library.)
Adults will attend a 5th Sunday meeting, and Primary will follow its normal schedule.
Sunday, September 6
On Sunday, September 6, youth and adults will attend 25-minute Sunday School classes, where they will view two videos: “Sunday School” and “The Sabbath and Sacrament Meeting.” After the videos, they will discuss sections 1, 2 and 4 of the implementation guide.
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A teacher instructs an adult Sunday School class of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
During the 25-minute Relief Society and elders quorum meetings, adults will view the video “Relief Society and Elders Quorums,” and then discuss section 5 of the implementation guide.
Having discussed the changes the previous week, youth will begin using the new curriculum.
Primary will follow its normal schedule, now lasting 55 minutes.
